Schuylkill Co. – Scheduled road work, April 15-19

PennDOT announced the the following road work schedule for Schuylkill County:

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Municipality: West Brunswick Twp., Deer Lake Borough

ROAD NAME: PA 61

BETWEEN: PA 895 (East)/Summer Valley Road AND Coal Mountain Road

Type of Work: Construction

Work being Done By: PENNDOT Contractor

Type of Restriction: Sporadic

RESTRICTION: Motorists may experience lane restrictions day and night. The travel lanes on PA 61 north and south will be reduced from two lanes to one lane in the four lane section of PA 61. This is to allow workers to remove median barrier, shift the travel lanes and install temporary median barrier.

This work is part of the $38,428,622 PA 61 Deer Lake North project that began in September 2012 and is expected to be complete in September 2015.

The project entails safety and capacity improvements on PA 61 including roadway widening, center median barrier, existing roadway reconstruction, a new split pair bypass between PA 895 and Municipal Road, new structures including replacing the bridge carrying PA 61 over Pine Creek, constructing a new bridge for a Brick Hill Road jughandle over Pine Creek, and replacing the existing municipal owned bridge carrying Municipal Road over Pine Creek. Also includes new traffic signals at intersections of PA 61 and PA 895 west, Municipal Road and Brick Hill Road. Additional work includes drainage improvements, new guiderail and other miscellaneous construction.